Anaerobic digesters are environmentally friendly, boost soil health and can be economically viable. 

Anaerobic digesters offer Iowa livestock farmers options to implement climate-smart agricultural practices that can boost soil health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide quality organic fertilizer and develop potential new revenue streams for their ag operations.

Those words come from Iowa State University experts who shared the latest research efforts aimed at improving the feasibility and efficiency of anaerobic digestion technologies during the first of a three-part webinar series Oct. 8 titled “Emerging Science of Anaerobic Digestion.”

Nearly 70 farmers,...